Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 08:09:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 08:08:44 -0500 Received: from pincoya.inf.utfsm.cl ([200.1.19.3]:3083 "EHLO pincoya.inf.utfsm.cl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 08:08:43 -0500 Message-Id: <200111141308.fAED85k6012767@pincoya.inf.utfsm.cl> To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: fdutils. In-Reply-To: Message from "Maciej W. Rozycki" of "Tue, 13 Nov 2001 21:52:40 BST." Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 10:08:05 -0300 From: Horst von Brand Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org "Maciej W. Rozycki" said: [....] > You only confirm what I wrote -- hardly anyone uses floppies, so there is > no need to keep mechanical compatibility in devices -- a complete dump of > 1.44" FD support would be almost harmless. Hence whether a Zip or a > LS-120 -- it doesn't really matter. You need new media anyway. "Hardly anyone" includes 100% of the people I know. Not exactly heavy use, mostly occasional transport of files and for emergency booting. Heck, _every_ machine I see around me here has a floppy drive, can't just throw that away because _you_ don't like it. The alternatives are extremely expensive and so rare as to be almost useless around here. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand Usuario #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/